Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-21
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

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"A Texas farmer says that three
good bulldogs roaming the yard at
night will do more to keep man hon
est than all the talking in the world.
"A Connecticut family were much
frightened the other night by horse
which got into the house while they
were asleep. Rather tangible case OF
nightmare.
Sudden changes in atmospheric
pressure at Berlin seem to have been
connected with the Sonora earthquake.
1t will be remembered that the Kraka-
toa eruption produced an air-waVe that
passed several times around the earth.
-ArkansaD IraUeler.
When split open, says an ex-
change. the cactus is far better than
any filter for clearing and settling
water. A single blade will make
twenty gallons of Mississippi water as
clear as crystal, and will leave no I'M
pleasant taste as a reminder of its use.
"A German doctor regards cycling
as healthy, stimulating exercise. He
finds in it nothing but to commend. 1t
not only strengthens the muscles of the
whole body, but develops the chest,
favors deep breathing and disciplines
an individual in the art of balancing
himself.
Alas! the humble bee has spark
of innate depravity and seeks intoxica-
ton in the honey cup of the deep pur-
pie columbine. A sip from this flower
makes the bee dizzy drunk but no
sooner does he recover than he goes for
it again like an old topper.
Health Monthly.
DIR. Berrillon, a hypnotic specialist.
has recently restored a young lady of
twenty, who, six months since, was de-
prived of her voice. Electricity was
first tried without success. After hav-
ing been put under mesmeric influence
three times her difficulty was removed.
Hypnotism ought to be called mesmer-
ism.
About fifteen years is the estimated
average life of an American locOmO-
tive. 1t is generally admitted that rail
way trains in England are driven at
faster rate of speed than in the United
States-say about twenty per cent in
excess of the latter. There are express
trains, however, between some of our
principal cities that compare favorably
with those in England.
-Four MeXicans, three with knives
and one with a revolver, attacked
James Taylor near Colorado, Texas
He was unarmed, but in the scuffie that
followed he got possession of the six
shooter and killed three of his would
be murderers ''hand-running." AS the
fourth started to run he sprang to his
wagon, secured his Winchester and
shot the last of his assailants through
and through at a distance of one hun
dred and fifty yards.
The national banking system was
invented for an emergency, and for the
purpose for which it was invented, it is
perfection itself. Human ingenuity
could 90 no further. 1t was established
for the purpose of enhancing the val
lie of government bonds, and it was
SUCCESSFUL; but the national debt will,
in the course of few years, be
liquidated, and then the national bank
ing system will expire by Imitation
atlanta Constitution.
hO A'OSCOI DC~UICC COl4o IAAio oSOI
of a Boston school on exhibition
day" The teacher. gave out the word
hazardous for Il boy to spell, and to
her great surprise he promptly spelled
it "hazardless." Thinking that the
definition might jog his memory in re-
gard to the photographed blunder of
which he was guilty, she asked him to
give the meaning. whereupon her as
constituent was intensified with the ro-
ply: "a female hazard"
"A New York professional boot
black says: "Now you see l employ
dozen boys, and they are always busy.
To what do 1 attribute my success?
Gentlemanly manners and a good shine.
When it was found that courtesy
was the rule in my place my business
increased. pay my sinners, who are
worthy colored men and boys, one
dollar a day. Many, however, who
make themselves agreeable to custom
ers, and do good work, often earn
nearly double the sum. The work per-
formed is pleasant"
"A mercurial thermometer held in
the sun rays. and not in contact with
any other body. will show but little
rise in temperature, the radiant heat
being reflected from the bright sur
face of the mercury. like light from a
mirror. But, if the bulb be coated
with lampblack or some absorbent of
keat, rise in temperature will be in
dictated at once. So the heat rays from
the sun may be passed through lens
of ice, and concentrated to a sufficient
degree to ignite combustibles placed
at'tl1e focus, without melting the ice of
which the lens is formed.